In response to the recent fire in a Manhattan high rise that killed a gay man and seriously injured his husband, newly elected City Council Member Corey Johnson proposed legislation today to mandate that communications systems be installed in stairwells.

As crews advanced against a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park, fire commanders said they would maintain use of a Predator drone to give them early views of any new flare-ups across in the remote and rugged landscape.

A firefighter in White Plains, New York, says in a suit that he was targeted for taunts and given certain job assignments after his supervisor outed him to his colleagues, leading to a hostile workplace.

Four firefighters who say they suffered physical ailments after being compelled to ride in a gay Pride parade won an appeal to their earlier court victory, with one firefighter bragging that the case has cost taxpayers "millions" of dollars.

Leave it to a six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald to add some major theatrics to the scene playing out over social media in response to Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's signing of a "license to discriminate" bill Thursday.